Collapsible hat holder



Dec. 26, 1950 M. JAcoBsoN 2,535,136

coLLAPsIBLE HAT HOLDER Filed Nov. 19, 1945,

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Patented Dec. 26, 1950 Morris Jacobson, Chicago, Ill., assi'gnor.v to Anvey Corporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application November 19, 1945, Serial No. 629,654

1 Claim. l

This invention relates to improvements in hat holders, and is more particularly concerned with the provision of a collapsible hat holder comprising a plurality of back sections hingedly connected in end-to-end relation and having hat receiving members pivotally mounted thereon for gravitational movement against the front face of their respective back sections, said back section and hat receiving members being preferably formed of flat material, such as cardboard, and adapted to be folded and arranged in a compact stacked relation for shipping or storage.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a collapsible hat holder in which the hat receiving members are formed with apertures to receive the bowl of a hat with the brim thereof engaged between the inner side of the hat receiving member and the front face of `a back section.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a collapsible hat holder embodying back sections and hat receiving members which may be inexpensively formed from sheet material and readily assembled by means of connecting links formed of wire or string to provide a hat holder of the size desired for holding a predetermined number of hats.

Hat holders oi the type hereinafter described are suitable for use in hat stores, display windows, check rooms, restaurants, and other places where it is desirable to arrange a plurality of hats along -a wall. When the hat holder is not in use, it may readily be folded into a small compact unit suitable for storage.

This invention embodies other novel features,

details of construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter set forth in the specification and claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view showing a collapsible hat holder embodying features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view illustrating the manner in which hats are mounted upon the hat holder.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational View showing the manner in which the several hat sections may be superimposed, one upon the other, in stacked relation to form a compact unit for shipping or storage.

Referring now to the drawings for a better understanding of this invention, the hat holder is shown as comprising a plurality of back sections 6 which are hingedly connected in end-to-end re-` lation by means of connecting links l formed of string, wire, or other suitable material. At one end of the hat holder is provided a hanger section 8 which is connected to the upper back section 6 by means of connecting links 'l and formed with an aperture 9 to receive a mounting hook (not shown) for mounting the hat holder upon the side of a wall.

A hat receiving member I I is pivotally mounted on each set of rings 'I for movement relative to the front face of its respective back section E, and is provided with an aperture I2 to receive the bowl I3 of a hat I4.

A hat is mounted on the hat holder by first pivoting a hat receiving member II upwardly away from the face of its respective back section 6 in order to insert the bowl I3 of a hat into the aperture I 2 with the brim portion I5 disposed against the back face of the member II. After a hat is thus mounted, the member II is maintained in position by gravity against the front face of its back section 6 with the brim portion I5 interposed therebetween.

In the construction of a hat holder of the type thus described, it will be noted that the back sections 6 and hat receiving members II may be inexpensively formed from cardboard or other sheet material and suitably connected to form `an articulated construction adapted to be folded in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4 to form a compact unit suitable for shipping or storage.

Collapsible hat holders of the type described are particularly useful in restaurants, check rooms, and the like, as hats may readily be mounted or removed from the hat holder by merely pivoting a hat receiving member II upwardly.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed invention.

I claim as my invention:

In a collapsible hat holder adapted to be suspended in a vertical plane, a plurality of similar back sections in the form of flat blanks of cardboard of greater length than width arranged endto-end, each back section being formed adjacent each end thereof with a pair of apertures, each back section being pivotally connected to its adjacent back section for movement through an arc of approximately 360 by means of rings disposed in said apertures, a plurality of similar hat re- QCVIIg members in the form of flat blanks of 3 4 cardboard, one end of each hat receiving member REFERENCES CITED being formed with a pair of apertures to receive The following references are of record in the a pair of said rings whereby said member may be me of this patent: suspended for pivotal movement along a single axis toward and away from the face of its re- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS spective back section, said hat receiving mem- Number Name Date bers and back sections being substantially coex- 56,569 Keener July 24, 1866 tensive in length, the width of said hat receiving 603,544 Wagenblast May 3, 1898 members being greater than the Width 0f Said 886,116 Custer Apr. 28, 1908 back sections, each hat receiving member being 10 958,131 Jackson May 17, 1910 formed with an opening to receive the bowl of a 1,303,299 Jahl May 13, 1919 hat, and a hanger section pivotally connected t0 1,741,068 Newsom Oct. 27, 1927 one of Said back sections. 1,972,214 Bergman Sept. 4, 1934 MORRIS J ACOBSON. 

